I was walking down the street on the Upper East Side during the late fall, and saw a frail old man accompanied by what I assumed was his health aid. As we got closer, I realized that it was Woody Allen and Soon-Yi. It was one of those narrow sidewalk situations where you sort of have to take each other into account…

Apparently, the only solution is to assure these old white men who will age out of the work force in a few years that we’re going to bring back high paying coal jobs and blue collar manly shit.

They know they’re outdated and being left behind. The days of the frontier and Leave It To Beaver are over. The future is based on education and intellectualism and multiculturalism and technology and these people haven’t adapted to it. I’d feel sorry for them except they’re taking their fears and insecurities out on…

You eyeballin’ my penny?

They were struggling financially: 

The math shows the Progressive Caucus is now the single largest subgroup within the Democratic Congressional Congress. If the D’s gain the majority with a mix or centrist and progressive reps with ‘D’ next to their name, those Progressives have the seniority and clout to have committee chairs, and the ability to pass…

Yes, this. When the Senate was up for grabs, I even donated to an anti-choice Dem in Louisiana. Normally that issue is a non-starter for me, but I have the luxury of living in California where I can push my reps toward more progressive policies. In deep red territory, the push has to be toward the center first. I’d…

YES. I was just talking to my husband about this earlier. Ideological purity does not work on the left, and repeatedly insisting that our party can’t incorporate people who have different positions on some issues just means we won’t win on any issues. It’s time for pragmatism in the face of sheer evil and autocracy. I…

“I prefer a litmus-test” - well, enjoy losing. As the Will Mcavoy character said, “If liberals are so fucking smart how come they lose so goddamned always?” THIS is why. Politics IS local, run a candidate that understands the local voter and you may win. You cannot rely on (a) a purity pledge from Democratic…

This! Elect actual liberals in places they can win, and elect more moderate democrats in places where actual liberals cannot win.

This. I think getting the more conservative areas used to the idea that center-left (or just center) Democrats can be effective leaders in their areas means that, down the road, we could shift more geography blue.

I’m all for a move for more progressive candidates in the Dems - but we also have to at least pay lip…

Conservative Democrats getting elected in conservative districts where previously there were ultra-conservative (or just radical) Republicans is still a win. Voting with you sometimes is better than voting with you never.

EVERY. VOTE. COUNTS!

...or she didn’t pay the $125 to bring the dog on the plane, and she thought she could sneak it onboard and couldn’t think fast on her feet when they told her to put it in the overhead. Just floating another theory while we are playing ‘what were they thinking.’

No, it’s the owner’s fault. You bring the dog aboard in a carrier that fits under the seat or you don’t bring the dog at all. You don’t smuggle it aboard in a bag & then say nothing when you are made to store the bag properly.

Come on, RT will tell us that he accidentally tripped on a bar of soap at the top of a long flight of stairs after drowning in the bath before falling out of a third storey window and impaling himself on a strangely sharpened railing which had been smeared with VX by British intelligence.

How many committees and investigations did we have into Hilary’s goddamn emails?

yes, I think they are the prime audience.

But I thought Trump’s cabinet had 16 members.

Yes!! Because hitler wanted the best for the world, physically and spiritually. How silly of me. Hitler cared about children being shot in inner cities, women having fair and equal pay, animals being tested on for cosmetics, lgbtq people being allowed to marry whomever they want, blah blah. I forgot how much of a…